Special Education Early Childhood
Resume:
Erin Blackmar
San Diego, CA *****
**************@*****.***
Work Experience
Early Childhood Special Education Teacher
SDUSD - San Diego, CA
September 2007 to Present
I currently work as an Early Childhood Special Education teacher for the San Diego Unified School District. I work with children between the ages of 3-5 years old who have been diagnosed with a variety of disabilities, although most have been diagnosed with Autism. I act as the Case Manager for approximately 16 students throughout the school year and I collaborate with therapy providers and parents to develop quality IEPs for my students. I deliver Specialized Academic Instruction that is closely aligned with the CA Preschool Learning Foundations in a highly structured setting to ensure student progress and to help students develop independence and Kindergarten readiness skills. I work closely with families to ensure students are making progress at home as well as in the school setting. It is important to me to ensure parents and families understand the value of advocating for their child so they continue to receive the most appropriate level of service in the least restrictive environment, leading to a more positive and successful educational career. At the same time I recognize the need to communicate with families in a sensitive manner with respect to their cultural and socioeconomic background. Progress reports are developed with the IEP team every twelve weeks to track student progress and to determine if the delivery of instruction needs to be altered in order to meet the needs of my students. I am able to implement a variety of research based teaching strategies based on Applied Behavior Analysis and develop individual programs to ensure each student is able to learn and make progress toward their IEP goals. I consistently gather data for each student in the areas of pre-academics, social-emotional skills, fine-motor skills, adaptive skills and behavior in order to track progress throughout the school year for progress reports and high quality IEPs. In addition I train the para-educators in my classroom to learn teaching strategies to implement during small groups, support me during whole group instruction and to take important data on each student. Before each annual IEP I make sure to assess each student using a variety of assessment tools that include behavior checklists, review DRDP's (Desired Results Developmental Profile completed two times a year), the Brigance Early Childhood III, the Vineland II, and complete parent interviews and teacher interviews from other therapists (i.e. School Psychologist, Speech Language Pathologist, the Occupational Therapist, etc.). Education
Master's in Early Childhood Special Education; specific to teaching young children with Autism
San Diego State University - San Diego, CA
August 2009 to June 2011
CA Early Childhood Special Education teaching Cred in Early Childhood Special Education
San Diego State University - San Diego, CA
August 2007 to June 2009
Bachelors in Philosophy
University of California - Santa Barbara, CA
September 2002 to August 2004
Arizona State University - Tempe, AZ
August 2001 to June 2002
Skills
• Sufficient with IEP computer software: SEAS/Encore/PowerSchool (10+ years)
• Organizational Skills: Keep a highly structured/routine classroom setting, Take data and compare to baseline to determine progress/growth. (10+ years)
• Teaching: 3-5 yr old population with Autism and other disabilities; specific skills/subjects: English to 2nd English Language Learners, pre-reading skills, pre-math-skills, pre-writing skills, social-emotional skills, positive behavior skills, self-help skills) (10+ years)
• Training and supervising paraprofessionals (10+ years)
• CPR certified (10+ years)
• Collaborate with Therapy Providers (10+ years)
• Special Education: Knowledgeable in the latest research for Effective teaching strategies for Children with Autism and other disabilties (10+ years)
• Received Certification to Assess students using Brigance, DRDP, Behavior Intervention Plan based on principles of ABA (10+ years)
• Behavioral Therapy- implement teaching strategies based on principles of Applied Behavior Analysis
(10+ years)
• Curriculum Development
• Data collection
• Ensure all IEPs are high quality, are state compliant and completed within timelines (10+ years)
• Experience teaching students Remotely using a variety of distance learning platforms including Seesaw, Google Classroom, live Zoom sessions and Recording instruction (1 year)
• Collaborate with families by helping to empower them and teach them how to advocate for their children using Cultirally sensitive and person first language and (10+ years)
• Experience utilizing and training paraprofessionals to teach young children with with disabilities remotely by supporting teacher during live instruction, leading a small group during rotations and creating or uploading instructional materials for students and their families to access and complete on their own time at home (2 years)
Certifications and Licenses
Special Education Certification
Teaching Certification
First Aid Certification
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